Embarrassing El Tri should call the Yankees their daddy

Javier “El Chicharito” Hernandez and the rest of the Mexican national team should steal the famous line former Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez used in 2004.

“What can I say? I tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddy,” Martinez declared.

Martinez was obviously talking about the New York Yankees, but the Mexican national team can say the same thing to the U.S. national team.

If not for their bitter rival’s come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Panama tonight, Mexico would have finished fifth in the six-team CONCACAF Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying after losing 2-1 at Costa Rica. Only the top three teams earned automatic berths, and the fourth place team must play a home-and-away set against Oceania winner New Zealand to decide which country earns that final spot at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The U.S. once again finished atop CONCACAF in World Cup qualifying. Costa Rica and Honduras earned the region’s other two automatic World Cup.

Mexico’s national team and its fans have been quite arrogant for way too long. It’s time for El Tri to acknowledge that the U.S. is their soccer daddy now too.